Neighbourhood Freak

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"Neighbourhood Freak"
Neighbourhood Freak by Swoop.png
Single by Swoop
from the album The Woxo Principle
ReleasedOctober 1994
Recorded1994
Studio 48 Volt
Label Freakzone
Songwriter(s) Joshua Beagley, Roland Kapferer, Alexander Hewettson
Producer(s) Joshua Beagley, Roland Kapferer
Swoop singles chronology
"Do It"
(1993)
"Neighbourhood Freak"
(1994)
"Rock Dog"
(1995)

"Neighbourhood Freak" is a song by Australian band Swoop and was released in October 1994 as the first single from the group's second studio album The Woxo Principle . It was their first charting single, peaking at number 62 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

The song poled at number 74 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994. [1]

Track listings

Australian CD Single (SPACE:007)
No.TitleLength
1."Neighborhood Freak"3:53
2."Be What You Is"3:49
3."Tommy Was a Fighter"5:14
4."Gotta Have Your Own Thing"3:51
5."Relief Suite (Part 1)"4:58
Australian CD Single: The Remixes (SPACE:009)
No.TitleLength
1."Neighborhood Freak" (Original Version)3:53
2."Neighborhood Freak" (Got to Be a Real Freak 12")5:20
3."Neighborhood Freak" (G-Freak 12")6:10
4."Neighborhood Freak" (Got to Be a Real Freak 7")3:44
5."Neighborhood Freak" (G-Freak 7")4:13
6."Neighborhood Freak" (House Freak 12")6:40
7."Neighborhood Freak" (House Freak 7")3:40
8."Neighborhood Freak" (Techno Freak)8:42

Charts

Chart performance for "Neighbourhood Freak"
Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 62

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References

  1. "Triple J Hottest 100 1994". ABC. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Dec 1994" . Retrieved 8 September 2016 via Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA).